I have been excited to share this quilt since January! It's such fun! When I first looked at Island Batik's River Valley collection designed by Kathy Engle for Deb Tucker’s Studio 180 Designs I immediately thought it would make a great quilt for a man because of all the gorgeous blues and greens.
To this beautiful collection I added white and a Island Batik solid foundations color called Storm.
I decided to design a block that was simple and elegant and looked appropriate for a masculine quilt. I'm quite happy with the results.
I chose to do a really random scrappy quilt, but with a white background I wanted my squares to stand apart in color so I left out the very lightest strips. Then, I cut my strips into 2 1/2" squares using my Accuquilt GO! Big. Next, I randomly sewed them into pairs or triples to create my blocks. I stitched my blocks with my favorite Schmetz Microtex Needles (they slide through batiks so well) and Aurifil thread in white.
This quilt is BIG! Almost twin size, so I asked my mother if she would quilt it for me on her longarm. She did a great job quilting leaves in the blues and green and some beautiful feathers in the white. Inside the quilt is of course my favorite Hobbs 80/20 Cotton/Poly batting.
I hope you get to quilt today!
Suzy
PS! Be sure to check out all the other Island Batik Ambassadors and their amazing projects!
This block was constructed from scraps that got rejected from other blocks. I really like the shape of the green pieces. Perhaps it's a Trillium flower?